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Did he at any point default on the repayment of the overdraft?!

This is the thing with these loan apps. Once your BVN enters the list of loan defaulters, there's a good chance it might never be removed. Even if you repay the loan and the interests on it. They will simply forget it there.

Truvelisback:
How do you know he is not a christian? Is it because he didn't give a Bible passage for it? Atleast, those who knows the Bible passage understood what he meant.

Go through his previous posts and topics. You will receive some enlightenment.

Yorubastardz:
Christians obsess and always think more about Sex than prostitutes

Unfortunately, the comment has a kernel of truth in it

femi4:
No scripture was quoted. You dont prepare christian jounals or articles that way..even with the use of AIs, I expected a better delivery

The Op is not a Christian. He can be best described as a seeker of God's truth.

You see why I said you missed the memo?!

femi4:
Put scriptural backing next time

Scriptural backing?!

You seem to have missed the memo

Order is a form of control and therefore an attribute of Power! There is only order when a dominant force is present to actualize it. Disorder only occurs when there are forces that are in contest to either maintain the established order or rearrange it to favour different interests. Divinely or physically, power is power! And love has nothing to do with it.

Ned Nwoko is a Muslim and there are others.

RealityKings1:
Autism has local correction na. She never waka

Really?! I find this piece of information interesting. Pray tell 🤔

This is a subtle way of advertising the brand.

Dazidon:
LordReed,budaatum,wirinet,etc

Show us samples. I might just patronise you

This was hurriedly push to front page without a single post! A very ludicrous article! What bunkum is this seun?!

Lukuluku69:
8s Western styled DJ in your Bibeli ni Padre? Was it explicitly stated that Western Styled DJ should grace your Christian occasions or functions?

Is your thinking this slow Padre?

And in no time now you will be crowing about some whataboutism.

The shame is on you but you know it not. Muslims are legislating for Muslims and those complaining are Christians 😃 😀

Such a shameful response. See has you displayed your boko haramic line of thinking for the world to see.

Is there any development in our modern world written in the Qur'an? Is the phone you are using now also in the Qur'an? How is music and the means through which it is disseminated offensive to the tenets of Islam?! How?!

You have only succeeded in letting us know that the brand of Islam you advocate is at dissonance with the reality of the modern world. You shouldn't even use the internet, since it's not in the Holy Qur'an.

Arrant nonsense 😠

You won't see antichristian or lukuluku69 on this thread!

Shame!

No such thing here. It's dry, hot, and

onatisi:
He won't get 2000 votes , he won't even pass any primary sef except he goes to a party that has no one there at all. Very useless human being

Can he even win his polling unit?

seunmsg:
The Adenuga and Balogun family can’t rescue their banks?

They should probably sell it off to Igbos. 😒

Kobojunkie:
What is the need for all of these useless postulations of yours when reality on the ground is that in Nigerian society, both men and women are encouraged daily to choose survival over love? If a man is settling for a woman, why should he expect that the woman would have some magical love for him, knowing this fact? 🥱🥱🥱

Mr. Kobojunkie please let the op breathe 😆😆😆

Peppermaster:
Enuani Identity: Understanding Aniocha and Oshimili in Context

By Emeka Esogbue

Abstract

This paper examines the meanings, origins, and proper usage of the terms Enuani, Aniocha, and Oshimili within the Anioma area of present-day Delta State, Nigeria. Drawing on oral traditions, communal memory, geographical analysis, and selected historical sources, it argues that Enuani rather than Aniocha-Oshimili constitutes the authentic collective cultural identity of the people occupying the Aniocha North, Aniocha South, Oshimili North, and Oshimili South local government areas.

The study demonstrates that Aniocha and Oshimili emerged primarily as administrative designations whose boundaries and meanings have shifted over time due to colonial and post-colonial governance structures. In contrast, Enuani predates these administrative frameworks and derives from the region’s upland geography, serving as a stable marker of peoplehood rooted in land, settlement patterns, and oral historical consciousness. The paper further explores the evolution of the term Ika, highlighting the role of colonial mispronunciation and ethnographic generalization in distorting indigenous identities.

By foregrounding oral history as a legitimate historical source alongside written records, this paper challenges the conflation of bureaucratic labels with cultural identity and calls for a more precise and culturally grounded usage of ethnonyms in Anioma discourse.

Introduction

The terms Aniocha, Oshimili, and Enuani are frequently used interchangeably in contemporary discourse, often without regard for their historical origins, cultural meanings, or proper contexts. This confusion stems largely from the colonial and post-colonial tendency to elevate administrative nomenclature above indigenous systems of identity.

Drawing from oral traditions, communal memory, and historical records, this essay clarifies the meanings and appropriate usage of these terms and argues that Enuani, not Aniocha-Oshimili, is the correct collective name of the people in cultural and ethnographic terms.

Oral History as Primary Source

Among Anioma peoples, history has traditionally been preserved through oral transmission, proverbs, genealogies, place names, ritual practices, and intergenerational storytelling. Long before colonial mapping and local government creation, communities already possessed clear self-identification rooted in land, ancestry, and geography.

Elders across Ibusa, Okpanam, Ogwashi-Uku, Issele-Uku, Asaba, and surrounding communities consistently identify themselves as Enuani in oral narratives thus one hears, "anyi bu ndi Enuani." This self-ascription predates colonial administration and remains consistent across communities, despite later political reclassifications.

Enuani: A Cultural and Geographical Identity

Enuani is the indigenous collective name of the people occupying what are today the Aniocha North, Aniocha South, Oshimili North, and Oshimili South Local Government Areas of Delta State. The term is not political in origin; rather, it is geographical and cultural.

Derived from the physical nature of the land, Enuani translates broadly as “high land” or “upland.” This description aligns with the geography of Enuani settlements, many of which are situated on hills or elevated terrain such as Ibusa, Okpanam, Ogwashi-Uku, and others. By geographical nature, Enuani identity is often contrasted with Ukwuani, meaning lowland, referring to communities located in riverine or flood-prone areas. Thus, Enuani functions as a marker of shared terrain,
a descriptor of settlement pattern, and a signifier of collective identity.

Aniocha and Oshimili: Administrative Constructs

Unlike Enuani, Aniocha and Oshimili are names that gained prominence primarily through colonial and post-colonial administrative systems.
Historically, their meanings were symbolic: Oshimili derives from the River Niger and signifies “river” or “riverine proximity,” describing communities close to the Niger.

Aniocha is associated in Enuani oral tradition with ideas of purity, order, and moral uprightness, values traditionally emphasized in the societies grouped under that designation. However, over time, these names became strictly local government identifiers, and their meanings shifted accordingly.

Boundaries were redrawn for governance, taxation, and census purposes, often without regard for cultural continuity.
A clear example is Ibusa, which was once situated in Aniocha but which is now officially categorized under Oshimili by the colonialists. Such changes demonstrate that Aniocha and Oshimili are mutable administrative labels rather than fixed identities.

The Ika Question

Colonial Distortion and Restriction
Oral traditions from Benin and western Anioma communities recount that the Benin referred to areas closest to their kingdom as “Eka.” Early European travelers and colonial officials, unable to pronounce the word accurately, rendered it as “Ika.”
Colonial ethnographers subsequently expanded the use of Ika to describe much of the Anioma region and later appended the suffix “Ibo,” creating the term “Ika Ibo.” This reflected a colonial tendency to classify peoples broadly and inaccurately.

Over time, the Ibo suffix was dropped, and Ika was once again restricted though in its Anglicized form to its present bearers: Agbor, Umunede, Igbodo, Igbanke, Ekwuoma, and related communities. This evolution underscores how colonial naming practices often disrupted indigenous distinctions.

Conclusion

From both oral tradition and historical analysis, a clear conclusion emerges:

Enuani is the authentic collective identity of the people.
Aniocha and Oshimili are administrative names whose meanings and boundaries have shifted over time.
Cultural identity cannot be accurately defined by local government structures.
Therefore, when referring to the people in cultural, historical, or ethnographic terms, the correct designation remains Enuani.

References and Sources

Oral accounts from elders of Ibusa, Ogwashi-Uku, Okpanam, Issele-Uku, and Asaba

Communal narratives preserved through festivals, naming traditions, and lineage histories

Place-name etymologies transmitted across generations

Afigbo, A. E. The Igbo and Their Neighbours
Isichei, Elizabeth. A History of the Igbo People

Talbot, P. A. The Peoples of Southern Nigeria

Ukwu, N. I. Anioma: A Social and Cultural History

Colonial Intelligence Reports on the Niger Delta and Western Igboland

I know someone born and bred abroad interested in learning the Enuani dialect of Igbo language. He doesn't want to go to his village

This thread should be in the sexuality section.

Dpsychologist:
People feel they are always correct.

Especially the religionists. Just visit Nairaland religion section and see all sorts parading the streets.

helinues:
If you like, shift the goal post from Yenagoa to Abakaliki, Nigerians now know better

The only person shifting goalposts is you! When are you going get tired of pushing tribal hate on Nairaland?! Helinues answer o!

helinues:
Is it true that what you people accused others for are things you mastered?

What is true is your unrepentant and unrelenting adherence to ethnic bigotry on Nairaland. Do you behave this way in real life.

helinues:
Another pattern is not interested in taking responsibility for anything

Like you have taken responsibility for promoting tribal hatred on Nairaland?!

helinues:
Hahaha, we are only pointing out the pattern.

A pattern that only exists in your mind.

helinues:
Sebi the election is just a year plus and you guys want to take your country back

Those cajoling no dey work again

The real question is why you want to sustain the trajectory of tribalism and ethnic strife on Nairaland? What is in it for you Helinues? How are you benefitting from it personally? If it ends, will food be taken away from your table?

richiemcgold:
Stop capping sir. Everybody has a price.

You are probably annoyed because what you are offered is not up to what you have initially proposed.

Don't mind him. He is as cheap as they come.

helinues:
You people are not ready to learn a thing.

No be for new year you have started creating new monikers for your tribal jingoism?

Eish

Why not take the message and ignore the messenger?!

Do you think the anti-igbo rhetorics you constantly push on Nairaland will solve any problem in Nigeria?! How far do you think it will help us progress as a nation?! You don't want to change and it is a shame.

ChizzyBuna:
I bet he gives around telling everyone that CIA blocked his Nairaland for exposing the Truth

Lol

EmmyMaestro:
He was putting it in romance section because that is the section that receives the most visits even if most people will pretend like them no de go there

Yes, he had a good reason. But it was against forum rules. He got away with it for a long time until a moderator decided to do the right thing.

joevin:
This movie never gets old

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1HyJcGo4gf/

peak action right here